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Antipasto/Antojitos/Amuse-Bouches: Food for Thought | p. viii |
Acknowledgments | p. xii |
From Raw to Cooked: Prehistory, Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India | p. 1 |
Prehistory | p. 1 |
The Ancient Agricultural Revolution | p. 5 |
The Fertile Crescent | p. 9 |
Egypt: The Nile River | p. 13 |
China: The Yellow (Huang He) River | p. 18 |
India: The Indus River | p. 21 |
Grain, Grape, Olive: The Ancient Mediterranean | p. 25 |
The Mediterranean Sea | p. 25 |
Greece | p. 26 |
Rome | p. 38 |
Crazy Bread, Coffee, and Courtly Manners: Christendom and Islam in the Middle Ages, 500-1453 | p. 58 |
Christendom: Western Europe, 500-1000 | p. 59 |
Byzantium: The Eastern Roman Empire | p. 65 |
The Muslim Empire | p. 67 |
Christendom: The Late Middle Ages in Europe | p. 74 |
New World Food: Potato, Corn, Chile, Chocolate | p. 89 |
The Search for Spices | p. 89 |
The American Empires | p. 92 |
South America: The Inca Empire | p. 93 |
Central America: Vanilla | p. 101 |
Central America: Maya Mystery | p. 103 |
Central America: The Aztec Empire | p. 107 |
North America: Cahokia | p. 116 |
Columbus Sets Sail for the Americas: 1492 | p. 116 |
Food Goes Global: The Columbian Exchange | p. 119 |
The Age of Exploration | p. 119 |
The Columbian Exchange | p. 120 |
Old World to New | p. 121 |
New World to Old | p. 136 |
America from Colony to Country: Sacred Cod, Black Rice, Maple Moon, 1588-1850 | p. 151 |
The Mercantile System | p. 151 |
Colonial America | p. 152 |
A New People and a New Cuisine | p. 167 |
Hutsepot, Stove Potatoes, and Haute Cuisine: Seventeenth-to Eighteenth-Century Dutch, Russian, and French Cuisine | p. 182 |
The Scientific Revolution | p. 182 |
The Golden Age of the Netherlands | p. 183 |
The Russian Bear | p. 189 |
France: Haute and Nouvelle Cuisine | p. 195 |
The French Revolution: ôLet Them Eat Cakeö | p. 203 |
The Napoleonic Era: 1799-1815 | p. 207 |
Napoleon's Aftermath | p. 215 |
Cattle, Coca-Cola, Cholera: The United States and Europe, 1850-1900 | p. 217 |
The American South | p. 217 |
The American Civil War: 1850-1865 | p. 220 |
Reconstruction: 1865-1877 | p. 223 |
The West: Railroad and Indian Wars, 1860s-1886 | p. 225 |
The Gilded Age | p. 231 |
Nineteenth-Century Health Food Movements | p. 240 |
Europe: Nutrition, Sanitation, Evolution | p. 244 |
Africa and Asia: Native vs. Colonial Cuisine | p. 258 |
Food Patterns | p. 258 |
Africa: Shea Butter, Kola Nuts, Monkey Bread | p. 258 |
India: Not Just Curry and Chutney | p. 266 |
China: Tea and Opium | p. 274 |
Korea: Kimchee and Pulgogi | p. 282 |
Vietnam: Spring Rolls and Pâté | p. 283 |
Indonesia: The Spice Islands | p. 283 |
The Philippines: Chinese-Spanish Fusion | p. 285 |
Thailand (Siam): Lemongrass and Jasmine Rice | p. 285 |
Japan: Tempura and Umami | p. 287 |
The Purity Crusade, Cuisine Classique, and Prohibition: 1900-1929 in Europe and the United States | p. 295 |
The New Immigrants and the Melting Pot | p. 295 |
Progressives and the Purity Crusade | p. 300 |
Escoffier and Ritz: Cuisine Classique and the Grand Hotels | p. 309 |
World War I and the Russian Revolution | p. 316 |
The Roaring Twenties in the United States | p. 323 |
Soup Kitchens, Spam, and TV Dinners: The Depression, World War II, and the Cold War | p. 334 |
The Depression and the New Deal | p. 334 |
World War II | p. 343 |
The Cold War | p. 352 |
The Fast-Food Fifties | p. 354 |
The Sixties: Revolutions in Color | p. 359 |
Agribusiness vs. Organic: The 1970s into the Third Millennium | p. 364 |
The Seventies: Food Revolutions | p. 364 |
The Eighties: Political and Restaurant Revolutions | p. 367 |
The Nineties: The Celebrity Chef | p. 373 |
The New Millennium and the Future of Food | p. 381 |
French Pronunciation | p. 404 |
Italian Pronunciation | p. 405 |
Major Wars and Battles | p. 406 |
Selected Cookbook and Food Books Chronology | p. 408 |
Notes | p. 411 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 424 |
Index | p. 431 |
Recipes, Menus, and Ingredients | |
Ingredients: Egyptian Ful Madames | p. 13 |
Recipe: Cato's Herbed Olives | p. 46 |
Recipe: Cato's Must Cakes | p. 46 |
Recipe: Garum or Liquamen | p. 47 |
Recipe: Raisin Wine | p. 50 |
Ingredients: Blancmange Comparison | p. 81 |
Recipe: Wassail | p. 83 |
Recipe: Chicha-Corn Beer | p. 99 |
Ingredients: Pavo in Mole Poblano | p. 125 |
Ingredients: Feijoada | p. 129 |
Ingredients: Portuguese/Hawaiian Sweet Bread (Pão Doce) | p. 140 |
Recipe: Bolognese Torte | p. 143 |
Recipe: Pie with Live Birds | p. 150 |
Recipe: Hopping (or Hoppin') John | p. 154 |
Recipe: Flip | p. 161 |
Ingredients: Pennsylvania Dutch Eggs | p. 164 |
Ingredients: Election Cake Comparison | p. 173 |
Ingredients: King Cake | p. 176 |
Recipe: Hutsepot, the Dutch Dish | p. 185 |
Menu: The 16-Course Citrus Dinner | p. 199 |
Recipe: Spartan Broth | p. 214 |
Ingredients: Niter Kibe-Ethiopian Spiced Butter | p. 266 |
Ingredients: Pork Vindaloo | p. 268 |
Recipe: Kedgeree | p. 273 |
Ingredients: Tom Yung Kung-Thai Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup | p. 287 |
Ingredients: Mamuang Kao Nieo-Mango with Sticky Rice | p. 287 |
Ingredients: Bigos-Polish Stew | p. 300 |
Recipe: Squash Blossom Pancakes | p. 307 |
Ingredients: Chicken Kiev | p. 319 |
Recipe: Los Angeles County BBQ | p. 335 |
Menu: Civilian Conservation Corps | p. 336 |
Recipe: The War Cake | p. 349 |
Ingredients: Chef Tang's Saigon Roll | p. 371 |
Recipe: S'mores | p. 376 |
Recipe: Lady Libertini Martini | p. 386 |
Recipe: Salmon Carpaccio | p. 390 |
Food Fables | |
Where Winter Comes From | p. 28 |
How to Drink and Not Get Drunk | p. 32 |
Who Was Apicius? | p. 48 |
ôFeed a Cold, Starve a Feverö | p. 62 |
Imam Bayaldi, Holy Man Fainted | p. 70 |
Where Coffee Comes From | p. 71 |
The Poison Taster | p. 80 |
Marco Polo and Pasta | p. 84 |
Mole Myths | p. 124 |
Spices and Rotten Meat | p. 141 |
Caterina de' Medici | p. 146 |
Squanto and Fish Fertilizer | p. 155 |
Where the Cocktail Comes From | p. 169 |
Where the Croissant Comes From | p. 197 |
Napoleon and Wellington | p. 215 |
Rigó Jancsi (Gypsy Johnny) | p. 250 |
Where the Tea Leaf Comes From | p. 275 |
The Origin of Chop Suey | p. 281 |
Spaghetti and Meatballs | p. 296 |
American Soldiers and WWII Food | p. 353 |
Crossing Cultures | |
New Year Celebrations | p. 20 |
Sandwiches | p. 166 |
African Spices | p. 263 |
Curry | p. 271 |
Filled Dumplings | p. 279 |
Sriracha | p. 402 |
Culinary Confusion | |
Death of Buddha | p. 23 |
Tuna | p. 35 |
Corn and Maize | p. 99 |
Barbecue | p. 128 |
Cobbler, Slump, Grunt | p. 160 |
Ice Cream and Gelato | p. 254 |
Yam and Sweet Potato | p. 259 |
Curry | p. 267 |
Chutney | p. 273 |
The French Paradox | p. 380 |
Holiday Histories | |
Kispu | p. 12 |
Passover | p. 17 |
Chinese New Year | p. 19 |
Easter | p. 55 |
Ramadan | p. 68 |
Halloween, October 31 | p. 79 |
Maple Moon | p. 156 |
Thanksgiving | p. 157 |
Election Day | p. 173 |
Mardi Gras and Carnevale | p. 176 |
St. Lucia's Day, December 13 | p. 190 |
Bastille Day, July 14 | p. 206 |
Christmas, December 25 | p. 223 |
Juneteenth, June 19 | p. 224 |
Cinco de Mayo, May 5 | p. 225 |
Testicle Festivals | p. 234 |
Valentine's Day, February 14 | p. 238 |
Columbus Day, October 12 | p. 240 |
St. Patrick's Day, March 17 | p. 246 |
Oktoberfest | p. 248 |
Yam Festival | p. 259 |
Mishani | p. 270 |
Selametan | p. 284 |
Thai Royal Plowing Ceremony | p. 286 |
Japanese Tea Ceremony | p. 290 |
San Gennaro | p. 297 |
Polish Fest | p. 300 |
Mother's Day | p. 306 |
St. Urho's Day, March 16 | p. 355 |
Charts/Boxes | |
Drunkenness Scale | p. 30 |
Symposium-Convivium Comparison | p. 44 |
A Day in the Life: Roman Empire | p. 53 |
A Day in the Life: Middle Ages | p. 60 |
The Great Chain of Being/Four Humors | p. 61 |
Latin-English Words | p. 63 |
Aztec-Modern Food Words | p. 113 |
Chile Pepper Heat Scale | p. 115 |
Europe, Africa, Asia to Americas | p. 123 |
Americas to Europe, Africa, Asia | p. 137 |
World Population in Millions | p. 138 |
Polish and Italian Food Words | p. 147 |
Food Price Comparison, 1850-2010 | p. 180 |
Midwestern Farm Family Duties | p. 228 |
Early Unions | p. 231 |
Early Soft Drinks | p. 242 |
Japanese Basic Foods | p. 293 |
Food Adulteration | p. 302 |
The Kitchen Brigade | p. 310 |
K-Rations | p. 346 |
UCLA Top 10 Healthy Beverages | p. 394 |
Top U.S. Supermarkets | p. 398 |
North American Food Sales | p. 399 |
Chronologies | |
Prehistoric Human Achievements | p. 4 |
The Ancient Agricultural Revolution | p. 7 |
Olive | p. 34 |
Wine-Ancient | p. 42 |
Coffee | p. 72 |
Famines and Ergotism Epidemics | p. 86 |
Potato | p. 97 |
Vanilla | p. 102 |
Explorations | p. 120 |
Epidemics in Central America, 1520-1595 | p. 122 |
Sugar | p. 131 |
European Porcelain (China) | p. 202 |
Tea | p. 276 |
Rice | p. 277 |
Ice Cream and Yogurt-United States | p. 328 |
Depression Innovation | p. 341 |
Genetic Mutations/Engineering | p. 377 |
Illustrations and Maps | |
Sphinx and Pyramid, Egypt | p. 15 |
The Parthenon in Athens, Greece | p. 36 |
Pompeii, Ovens | p. 48 |
Pompeii, Amphorae | p. 49 |
The Colosseum in Rome, Italy | p. 53 |
Notre Dame-Our Lady-Paris, France | p. 75 |
Map, Western Hemisphere, 1572 | p. 92 |
Machu Picchu | p. 95 |
The European View of Africa, 1650 | p. 133 |
Slaves Packed on a Ship | p. 133 |
The Caribbean in 1656 | p. 136 |
Hogs Curing in the South | p. 158 |
Colonial Kitchen | p. 160 |
Cooking in Colonial America | p. 162 |
Paul Revere's Kitchen | p. 163 |
Map of North America, 1755 | p. 167 |
Thomas Jefferson's Kitchen at Monticello | p. 174 |
Oceania, early 1600s | p. 187 |
Lusekatter Bun Designs | p. 190 |
Chuck Wagon | p. 230 |
Silver-Plated Ware | p. 232 |
Atwood & Bacon Menu, 1826 | p. 233 |
Delmonico Money | p. 234 |
ôAbsolutely No Shocksö Mixer Ad | p. 239 |
Ad for Hoff's Malt Extract | p. 244 |
Pasta Drying in the Streets of Naples | p. 252 |
The Taj Mahal, India | p. 272 |
Great Buddha, Japan, 1252 | p. 288 |
Hand-Cranked Bread Machine Ad | p. 305 |
McDougall Kitchen Cabinets, 1905 | p. 306 |
Cooking Utensils at the Time of Escoffier | p. 311 |
Beef, American Cuts, 1920 | p. 312 |
Beef, French Cuts, 1920 | p. 313 |
Patriotism as Marketing Tool | p. 317 |
Chocolate Fabergé Egg Sculpture | p. 321 |
ôLiquid Profitsö | p. 324 |
Commercial Ice-Cream Freezers | p. 327 |
Women in a Tortilla Factory | p. 329 |
The Evolution of Betty Crocker | p. 330 |
Barware and Tableware, 1933 | p. 338 |
The Gingerbread Mansion Inn | p. 367 |
A Poultry Market in Vietnam | p. 370 |
Menu of Pig Parts | p. 372 |
The Asian Diet Pyramid | p. 382 |
The Vegetarian Diet Pyramid | p. 383 |
The Mediterranean Diet Pyramid | p. 383 |
The Latin American Diet Pyramid | p. 384 |
The U.S. Food Pyramid | p. 384 |
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